Canopy-support for canoes and other boats



E. P. SCHMIDT.

CANOPY SUPPORT FOR CAN-OES AND OTHER BOAIS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 244, 1920.

Patented Nov. 8, 1921.

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/N VEN TUR" ing a canopy support including i a mosquito bar or an awning,

UNITED STATES. PATENT O FFICE.

EMIL P. SCHMIDT, or BosToN, MAssAcHUsnTTs.

' CANBY-SUPPORT FOR CANOES Application inedA :niney 24,

To @ZZ wlw-m' t may concern.'

Be it known that I, EMIL PAUL SoHMm'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the countyof Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented vnew and useful Improvements in Canopy-Supports for Canoes and other Boats, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple, strong, and durable bow of sectional construction adapted to support, over a canoe or other boat, a canopy, which ,may be a mosquito bar, or an awning, and to` be quickly and conveniently folded or longitudinally contracted in a straight and fiat condition on the bottom of a canoe when not in use.

The invention is embodied in the improvements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this speciiication,

Figure l is a side elevation of a canoe have a plurality of bows embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section on line 2 2 of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a side view, showing one of the strips hereinafter described, portions of the same being broken away.

Fig. 5 is a section on line 5 5 0f Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5, showing the strip folded. A

Fig. 7 is a side View of one of the socket members hereinafter described.

Fig. 8 is a section on line 8 8 of 7.

Fig. 9 is a section on line 9 9 of Fig. 7.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the figures.

It will be understood that the term canopy as used herein is intended to apply to either or covering adapted to exclude sun and rain, and that the term boat as used herein is intended to apply to canoes, and other relatively small boats.

My invention is embodied in a resilient strip normally substantially straight, and adapted to be iiexed to form a bow, the ends of which are engageable with sockets on a boat.

Said strip is adapted to be folded or longitudinally contracted to reduce its length when not in use, to' about one-half of its operative length, the contracted strip being Specification of Letters Patent.

sitely projecting .AND OTHER BOATS.

Patented Nov. 8, 1921.

1920.` Serial l310.391,286.

substantially straight, so that it may lie flat on 'the bottom of a canoe. To this end I use in making each strip, a'pair of normally straight resilient sections l2 and l2, prefverably'of steel said sections having overlapping portions at the mid-length of the strip. I provide a permanent connection between the sections, permitting the folding or longi vtudinal contractionof thestripf, as indicated by Fig. 6, the connection being provided by a pivot I3, having heads I4 and l5. The pivot is relatively near the extremity of ene overlapping portion, and farther from the extremity of the other` overlapping portion, as shown by Figs. 2, 4, 5, and 6. The section l2 is provided with an orifice '16, and the section l2a with a stud 17, adapted to enter the orifice, the said stud and orifice being arranged to be held in engagement with each other by the resilience of the sections, and prevent the independent swinging of either section, and the folding or longitudinal contraction of the strip.

The strip is adapted to be flexed, as shown by Fig. 2, and its length is such that when it is flexed it forms a bow ofk sufficient height to support a canopy 20, and afford sufficient head room for occupants of the boat, below the canopy.

rllhe bow may be supported in its operative position by supporting members best shown by Figs. 7, 8, and 9, each member being a casting 3l provided with a flat back 2l, adapted t0 bear on the gunwale 22, oppoears 23, provided with screw holes 24, and a vertically elongated socket, formed to receive an end of the bow, and support the same against downward, edgewise, and lateral displacement. Said sockethas an inner side 24, a closed lower end 25 (Fig. 9) forming a stop or abutment for one end ofthe strip, elongated edge faces 26 (Fig. 8), and outer side faces 29, preferably provided by a U-shaped flange 30, cast with the supporting member.

A plurality of bows may be employed, as indicated by Fig. l.

I claim:

l. A canopy-supporting member for boats, comprising a resilient strip normally substantially straight, and adapted to be flexed to form a bow, the ends of which are engageable with sockets on a boat, said strip being composed of a pair of normally straight resilient sections, having overlapping portions at `the mid-length of Ythe strip and a pivot connecting said overlapping portions and preventing a stantially straight,

V'able' With sockets on a sections and pivot being such that the strip is substantially straight when longitudinally contracted. Y

2. A canopy-supporting member for boats, comprising a resilient strip normally suband adapted to be flexed to form a bow, the ends of which are engageboat, said strip being composed of a pair of normally straight resilient seetionslhaving overlapping portions at the mid-length of the strip, connecting saidV portions and and a pivot located relatively near the extremity of one overlapping portion, and farther from the extremity of the other overlapping portion, said pivot permitting one section to swing relatively to the other to longitudinally contract and extend the strip, one of said sections being provided with a stud spaced from said pivot, and the other section being provided With a stud-receiving orice, the said stud and orice being arranged to be held in engagement with each other by the resilience of the sections, and prevent the independent swinging of either section, the form and arrangement of the sections andrpivot being such that the strip is substantially straight When longitudinally contracted.

, In testimony Whereoic I have aliixed my signature.

EMIL P. SCHMIDT, 

